MURRAY, WILLIAM POWELL, seventh son of Charles Murray, Petworth, Sussex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Riviere Knight; b. 23 Mar 1817; adm. 30 Jun 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1835, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1835, scholar 1836; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Nov 1836, called to bar 23 Nov 1841; practised at Chancery bar; a Registrar, Court of Bankruptcy, in Manchester 26 Mar 1863 and in London from 1863; m. 27 Jul 1854 Georgina Charlotte Daysh, only dau. of Cdr. Hon. Arthur Richard Turnour, Royal Navy; d. 20 Aug 1885.

MURRAY, HON. GEORGE, son of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 8 Apr 1780; adm. from Edinburgh High School Jun 1791; KS 1793; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 May 1797; Cornet, 2nd Life Guards 2 Dec 1795; Lieut., 24 Jan 1798; Capt., 4 Mar 1800; Maj. and Brevet Lieut. -Col., 20 Aug 1807; Col., 4 Jun 1814; Major-Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; served in Peninsular War; commanded 2nd Life Guards in campaigns of 1813-4; d. unm. 30 Sep 1848.

MURRAY, EDWARD, fourth son of Right Rev. Lord George Murray DD, Bishop of St. David’s, and Anne Charlotte, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Francis Grant MP; nephew of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (qv); b. 5 Nov 1798; adm. Christmas 1811; KS 1812; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1816, adm. pens. 27 May 1816, scholar 1817; BA 1820; MA 1829; an Usher at the School 1820-1; Vicar of Stinsford, Dorset 1823-38; Rector of Winterborne Monkton, Dorset 5 Jul 1831-7; Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex, from 13 Oct 1837; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 21 Dec 1848; an ingenious mechanic and electrician; m. 14 Feb 1822 Ruperta Catherine, only child of Sir George Wright, Bart.; d. 1 Jul 1852.

MURRAY, DAVID, 2ND EARL OF MANSFIELD, eldest son of David Murray, 6th Viscount Stormont (S), and Anne, only dau. of John Stewart, Invernytie; b. 9 Oct 1727; adm. Jun 1739 (Hawkins'); KS (Capt. ) 1740; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 – void 1756; BA 1748; DCL 3 Jul 1793; succ. father as 7th Viscount Stormont (S) 23 Jul 1748; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1751-2; attaché, British Embassy, Paris 1751; Scottish Representative Peer from May 1754; Envoy Extraordinary to Elector of Saxony Jun 1756 - Oct 1763; Ambassador to Vienna Nov 1763 – Dec 1772, Paris Dec 1772 - Mar 1778; Lord Justice-Gen., Scotland 1778-95; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 27 Oct 1779 – Jul 1782; Lord President of the Council 2 Apr – 19 Dec 1783, and from 17 Dec 1794; succ. uncle as 2nd Earl of Mansfield 20 Mar 1793, by special remainder under creation of 1792; Privy Councillor 20 Jul 1763; KT 30 Nov 1768; Chancellor, Mareschall Coll., Aberdeen 1793; Busby Trustee 20 Mar 1775; m. 1st, 16 Aug 1759 Henrietta Frederica, widow of M. de Berargaard, and dau. of Graf Heinrich von Bünau, Privy Councillor to Elector of Saxony; m. 2nd, 5 May 1776 Hon. Louisa Cathcart, Countess of Mansfield (under creation of 1776), third dau. of Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart (S) (qv); d. 1 Sep 1796. Buried North Transept, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

MURRAY, DAVID WILLIAM, 3rd EARL OF MANSFIELD, eldest son of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 7 Mar 1777; adm. 9 Nov 1786; Min. Can. 1789; KS (Capt. ) 1790; lost his watch out of College dormitory (Sessions Papers lxx, pt. ii, 1176-9); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1794; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Mansfield (under creation of 1792) 1 Sep 1796; took Tory/Conservative whip in House of Lords; Lieut., 7th Foot 25 Jan 1798; Capt., 44th Foot 24 Jul 1802; half-pay; retd. 1826; FRS 20 May 1802; Lord Lieut., Clackmannanshire, from 1803; Hereditary Keeper of Scone Palace; KT 4 Mar 1835; Busby Trustee 23 May 1799; m. 16 Sep 1797 Frederica, dau. of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); d. 18 Feb 1840.

Murphy, John Neville, son of Thomas Frederick Murphy, HM Customs & Excise, and Constance Alice, d. of James Arthur Parish of Dagenham, Essex; b. 19 Apr. 1927; adm. Sept. 1940 (KS); left July 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1945, BA 1949, MA 1952; advertising agent J. Walter Thompson Co. 1949-63; gen. man. Booker McConnell Plc 1963-81; a man. consult. 1981-; dir. Madame Tussaud’s Ltd. 1981-; m. 29 Jan. 1962 Tessa Renee, d. of Richard Diamond, med. practitioner, of Hull, Yorks; d. 1 Apr. 2011.

Murphy, Denis Brownell, son of Richard Yoakley Murphy, of Ealing, by Beatrice, daughter of Henry Crosland, of Ealing; b. April 15, 1904; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; left Aug. 1922; joined the Indian Police Nov. 20, 1923; murdered by Red Shirts at Mardan, near Peshawar, May 25, 1930.

MURE, REGINALD JAMES, eldest son of James Mure (adm. 1807, qv), and his second wife; b. 22 Dec 1842; adm. 22 May 1856 (James'); QS 1857; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1861, matr. 23 May 1861; BA 1866; MA 1873; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Oct 1866, called to bar 17 Nov 1869; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Secretary to Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, Bart. (qv) 1878-83; Treasurer, Elizabethan Club 1872-95; Busby Trustee 22 May 1900; joint editor with James Gow and John Sargeaunt of Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses iii, 1906; m. 23 Dec 1878 Anna Charlotte, dau. of Sheffield Neave, Oakhill, Hampstead, Middlesex; d. 23 Dec 1908.

MURE, PHILIP WILLIAM, brother of Alexander James Mure (qv); b. 19 Jan 1802; adm. Midsummer 1815; KS 1815; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1819, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1819; BA 1823; MA 1825; a malt distiller at Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex; m. 5 Feb 1833 Louisa, dau. of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (qv); d. 28 Jun 1867.